Visual Effects Society Nominations
By Craig Kennedy - January 19th, 2009; 7:51 am
Here are the Motion Picture nominees from the Visual Effects Society.
Besides noting that Iron Man got the most nominations with five (followed by Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Dark Knight which received four each) Variety points out that three films from last week’s Oscar visual effects list were snubbed entirely: Australia, Journey to the Center of the Earth and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture
- The Chronicles of Narnia — Prince Caspian
Wendy Rogers, Dean Wright, Andrew Fowler, Greg Butler - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Barba, Edson Williams, Nathan Mcguinness, Lisa Beroud - Hellboy II The Golden Army
Michael J. Wassel, Lucy Killick, Adrian De Wet, Eamonn Butler - Cloverfield
Kevin Blank, Chantal Feghali, Michael Ellis, Eric Leven - Iron Man
Ben Snow, Hal Hickel, Victoria Alonso, John Nelson
Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture
- Changeling
Michael Owens, Geoffrey Hancock, Jinnie Pak, Dennis Hoffman - Eagle Eye
Jim Rygiel, Jim Berney, Crys Forsyth-Smith, David Smith - Valkyrie
Richard R. Hoover, Maricel Pagulayan, Peter Nofz, Daniel Eaton - Nim’s Island
Camille Cellucci, Scott Gordon, Fred Pienkos, James Straus - Synecdoche, New York
- Mark Russell, Richard Friedlander, Eric Robertson, Brett Miller
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Motion Picture
- Bolt – The Chase
Chris Williams, Byron Howard, John Murrah, Doug Bennett - Kung Fu Panda – Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting – The Animation of Kung Fu Panda
Markus Manninen, Dan Wagner, Alex Parkinson, Raymond Zibach - A Matter of Loaf And Death – Piella’s Mansion
Nick Park, Steve Pegram, Dave Alex Riddett, David Mccormick - Wall-E
Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, Lindsey Collins, Nigel Hardwidge
Best Single Visual Effect of the Year
- Cloverfield – Statue of Liberty Crash And Woolworth Tower Collapse
Michael Ellis, Chantal Feghali, David Vickery, Ben Taylor - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Benjamin’s Secret
Eric Barba, Lisa Beroud, Steve Preeg, Jonathan Litt - The Day The Earth Stood Still – Newborn Klaatu
Jeffrey A. Okun, R. Christopher White, Thomas M. Boland, Ben Thompson - Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull – Valley Destruction
Stephanie Hornish, Pablo Helman, Jeff White, Craig Hammack - Iron Man
Ben Snow, Wayne Billheimer, Victoria Alonso, John Nelson
Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Benjamin Button
Steve Preeg, Matthias Wittmann, Tom St. Amand, David Mclean - Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Elemental Sequence
Colin Mcevoy, Christoph Ammann - Iron Man
Hal Hickel, Bruce Holcomb, James Tooley, John Walker - The Spiderwick Chronicles – Hogsqueal
Todd Labonte, Michael Brunet, Nathan Fredenburg, Aharon Bourland
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Motion Picture
- Bolt – Various Sequences – Bolt
Becky Bresee, Bob Davies, Renato Dos Anjos, Wayne Unten Jr. - Bolt – Various Sequences – Rhino
Adam Dykstra, Dave Gottlieb, Clay Kaytis, Hyrum Osmond - Kung Fu Panda – This Kung Fu Stuff Is Hard Work – The Animation of Po
Jack Black, Dan Wagner, Nico Marlet, Peter Farson - Wall-E – Wall-E And Eve Truck Sequence
Ben Burtt, Victor Navone, Austin Lee, Jay Shuster
Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture
- Bolt – Various Sequences
John Murrah, Michael Kaschalk, Dale Mayeda, Adolph Lusinsky - Kung Fu Panda – The Secret Ingredient – Visual Effects of Kung Fu Panda
Markus Manninen, Alex Parkinson, Amaury Aubel, Lawrence Lee - Madagascar Escape 2 Africa – Effects In Africa
Scott Peterson, Laurent Kermel, Andrew Wheeler, Greg Gladstone - Wall-E – Effects In Wall-E
Jason Johnston, Keith Daniel Klohn, Enrique Vila, Bill Watral
Outstanding Matte Paintings in a Feature Motion Picture
- Changeling – 1928 Downtown L.A.
Romain Bayle, Abel Milanes, Allan Lee, Debor Dunphy - Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull
Richard Bluff, Barry Williams, Yanick Dusseault, Yusei Uesugi - Synecdoche, New York – Matte Paintings
Brett Miller, Garrett Eaton, MatThew Conner - Speed Racer – Overall Matte Painting Presentation
Lubo Hristov, Dennis Martin, Ron Crabb
Outstanding Models And Miniatures in a Feature Motion Picture
- The Dark Knight – Garbage Truck Crash Models And Miniatures
Ian Hunter, Forest Fischer, Branden Seifert, Adam Gelbart - Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull
David Fogler, Craig Hammack, Brian Gernand, Geoff Heron - Iron Man – Suit Up Machine
Aaron Mcbride, Russell Paul, Gerald Gutschmidt, Keiji Yamaguchi - My Darling of The Mountains – Hot Springs
Taro Kiba, Kenji Nagatani, Yuki Minagawa, Hideo Udo
Outstanding Created Environment in a Feature Motion Picture
- Cloverfield – Brooklyn Bridge Sequence
David Vickery, Phil Johnson, Victor Wade, Sean Stranks - The Dark Knight – Imax Gotham City Scapes
Peter Bebb, David Vickery, Philippe Leprince, Andrew Lockley - Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull – Temple Heart
Michael Halsted, David Fogler, Steve Walton, David Weitzberg - The Mummy: Tomb of The Dragon Emperor – Avalanche Sequence
Mike Meaker, Rich Mahon, Jason Iverson, Sho Hasegawa - Synecdoche, New York – Created Environment
Brett Miller, Garrett Eaton, MatThew Conner
Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Stuart Lashley, Arundi Asregadoo, Mark Curtis, Richard Baker - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Benjamin Comes Together
Janelle Croshaw, Paul Lambert, Sonja Burchard, Sarahjane Javelo - Iron Man — Head Under Display – Hud Compositing
Jonathan Rothbart, Dav Rauch, Kyle Mcculloch, Kent Seki - Quantum of Solace – Sienna Chase And Fight Sequence
Anthony Smith, Christian Kaestner, Adrian Metzelaar, Jon Thum
Outstanding Special Effects in a Motion Picture
- The Dark Knight
Chris Corbould, Peter Notley, Ian Lowe - The Dark Knight – Garbage Truck Crash Mechanical Effects
Scott Beverly, Robert Spurlock, Jon Warren, Brian Kelly Hahn - Defiance - Special Effects
Neil Corbould, Steve Warner, Anne Maria Walters, Alan Young
For a list including the television nominees, check out Variety.
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Tags: Visual Effects Society
Nice to see them thinking outside the same four pictures the other technical awards seemed to be heaped on this year.
I was happy to see HB get nominated for one of the biggies and another one for the best scene in the movie, but 2 noms? Really? What was so f’ing special about Iron Man?
Box office receipts, critical acclaim, popularity. Iron Man and TDK are the obvious choices for these kinds of awards, regardless of the other options. I was just happy to see a movie like Synecdoche, NY getting noms (well-deserved) and Speed Racer at least getting a mention.
If only the actual Oscar noms for SFX could be as interesting.
that’s awfully glass-is-half-fully of you! :)
Half-full of CGI water.
Fucking matte paintings? That’s it? Not even “created environment”?.
I can understand the Oscars dismissing “Speed Racer” because it was a commercial disaster, but the Visual Effects Society really believes Iron Man, Narnia and Cloverfield displayed greater, more creative and inventive visual technique for their stories?
Uhh…..
I loved that matte painting in Changeling. The production design, period detail, costuming… The film may have been crushingly flawed in other ways, but those categories all deserve across-the-board A’s.
Like Joel, I am so happy to see Synecdoche, New York given some attention here.
Yeah Ari, I’m with you. I’d expect Oscar not to notice, but these guys should know good shit when they see it.
particularly as you say Created Environment…I mean come on! The whole movie was a special effect practically.
I can only think that Warner Bros did nothing to get attention for this movie for any awards action and that most of the voters didn’t even see it.
From a business standpoint, they were wise to cut their losses, but it sucks for all the people who put in the hard work.
As far as ‘Best Single Visual Effect’ goes, I thought that the ‘Statue of Liberty crash’ was fairly mediocre, and that the ‘newborn Klaatu’ was downright crummy’. They both screamed of massless, textureless CGI.
Otherwise, some nice choices here.